More colourful eggs induce a higher relative paternal investment in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca: A cross-fostering experiment

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 555-560

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Morales, Judith ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIRD; COLOR MORPH; EGGSHELL; MORTALITY RISK; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PIGMENT;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 33750566489     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03915.x     Document Type: Article

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